Do you have an accent?

allen_the_music_man · Jun 15, 2006

Mississippi right here...I have an accent, but it's a faint one. You can really tell it on most of my grammatical mistakes and on words like: like, night, light, bright, right, bite, kite...you know, all the "-ight" sounding words...lol

If Not For Grace · Jun 29, 2006

Alabama Here--You bet I have and accent, I use words like

nevah, dawg, phrases like

as the crow flies
hot water heater
cut out the light

just as free and easy as you please. I am proud to be be Southern, ya'll stop in an sign my guestbook want you please?

WannaWitness · Aug 7, 2006

RED that's ME said:
It's interesting how many colleges are offering classes now to help southerners get rid of their accent.

I think people should be proud of whatever accent they have. Everybody has one.

mothcorrupteth · Aug 9, 2006

My parents moved here from Pennsylvania, passed on their flat accents to me. Still, I prefer y'all to you's and will occasionally lapse into Northern Alabamese when I feel like sounding lazy. South Alabamese--forget it. Even the North Alabamians laugh at that accent.

white_frog914 · Aug 9, 2006

RED that's ME said:
It's interesting how many colleges are offering classes now to help southerners get rid of their accent.

Wow, that's really sad, especially considering a majority of people say that they trust a person with a Southern accent moreso than any other (it was in a study a few years back). Plus, the Southern accent can be quite adorable.

Being born in Maryland and raised in the metro Atlanta area, I don't have much of an accent usually. However, since I work at Cherokee County, one creeps up on me from time to time.

When I was younger I pretty much refused to say "Y'all", but now I've grown to embrace it.

KatAutumn said:
I'm from Georgia and yes, (LOL) I have an accent. I work with several New York natives and that's when it gets really obvious. My accent has gotten worse since being with my fiance. I find myself saying "somewur" instead of somewhere. I have to keep that in check.

Pfft. The Southern accent is far better than the Yorkie one.

puregrl · Aug 11, 2006

No, most people I meet ask me if i was born in the south, most think i am from the north. One even asked if i was from america. But i can talk southern if i get in the mood to. I love listening to accents, of any kind.

Runna800 · Aug 14, 2006

white_frog914 said:
Wow, that's really sad, especially considering a majority of people say that they trust a person with a Southern accent moreso than any other (it was in a study a few years back). Plus, the Southern accent can be quite adorable.

Being born in Maryland and raised in the metro Atlanta area, I don't have much of an accent usually. However, since I work at Cherokee County, one creeps up on me from time to time.

When I was younger I pretty much refused to say "Y'all", but now I've grown to embrace it.

Pfft. The Southern accent is far better than the Yorkie one.

yep im kinda country i say bo alllllllot.wats the czech like. i did a report on tha czech republic in like 6th grade.

If Not For Grace · Aug 15, 2006

I hope I nevah, evah, loose it.

I am country as a turnip green and proud of it. I can make houseyamamanthem sound like all one word.

NothingButTheBlood · Aug 15, 2006

I didn't think I do but when I'm out of state I am told I do. Most can guess WV too. I have to wonder if my Southern euphemisms give me away.

VASINGER · Aug 31, 2006

Well I grew up in Virginia. Ive been told I have a "deep" southern accent- when I go up to North.

But when I go down to the Deep South most people can tell Im from Virginia right away.

I think only Southerners seem to be able to distinguish the different accents we have in the South.

VASINGER · Aug 31, 2006

sjpianoprincess said:
Oh yeah, I live in Arlington, VA (which is really close to DC) and I don't have a southern accent and when I go down farther in VA I totally notice that southern accent and if I am around people like that for long amounts of time I tend to start to get one, but when I go back home, it immediately goes away.

Um, thats mostly because most people living in northern virginia today arent from Virginia but some place else, or if they were born there, their parents were from out of state, or havent been in Virginia very long.

50 years ago northern virginia was just as southern as the rest of Virginia.

The natives all moved away.

Godssong · Sep 5, 2006

I have the accent of a mutt...I've lived all over...Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois (specifically Chicago...everybody down here loves the way I say ChicAgo... )...and when I travel anywhere, I pick up a hint of THAT accent...like, when I was in Germany (and I was only there for like six days!), I was speaking with a hint of a German accent!

imawebmonkey · Oct 17, 2006

I have lived in Tennessee my entire life. So have my parents, grandparents, great-grandparents. I inherited the hillbilly twang.

Taliaana · Nov 5, 2006

People around here say that I have a northern accent, but my family members from northern states say that I have a southern accent. I've lived in Georgia all my life. Go fig. lol

chris777 · Nov 17, 2006

scoutswife · Nov 20, 2006

Mine gets worse everyday. I moved up in the hills of Mississippi about 7 years ago and thats when it all started. I have lived in Ms my whole like but I never really had an accent, til moving to norhteast Ms. I guess cuz we are almost on the Alabama line. We have the long drawn out IIIIII's, like niiiiice, and riiiice. Then there are some(not me yet) that say baak for bike. Oh and my favorite to hear,"have ya Et Yet?" I'm picking up alot of the drawl, when I see my family this Thanksgiving that I havent seen in years, they are going to be shocked.

cruelncute · Nov 20, 2006

heh. i dont think i can say rice or ice or sprite or anything like that without it being long and drawn out. it was great last year, i had a teacher named coach rice, so i got to be redneck everyday! lol.

BouncedBack · Nov 20, 2006

mine is pretty bad, but I AM just a dumb old country boy

llghoney · Nov 20, 2006

I have a little bit of southern accent!! After all I am from th south!!! yeeeee hawwww! hehehee

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